The Business
Neil Patrick Harris; Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken on Acting
Neil Patrick Harris talks magic; Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken talk the business of acting.
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenNeil Patrick Harris directs a new alternative magic show in L.A. He talks about being the president of the Academy of Magical Arts and how he managed to avoid the troubles that befall so many child actors. Plus, Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken, who co-star in the film A Late Quartet, talk acting; what makes for a good acting job, how they're used as bait to get financing for films and how Walken will never direct.
Banner image: (L-R) Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener and Philip Seymour Hoffman in A Late Quartet
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Read the story7 minNeil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris has worn many hats in show business. He's a TV icon -- between Doogie Howser and his current CBS show, How I Met Your Mother -- he's lampooned his all-American image with a recurring part as himself (albeit a straight, coke-sniffing rake), and was the lead in Joss Whedon's webseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog .
Read the story12 minKeener and Walken on Acting
Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken star alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman in the new movie, A Late Quartet . It's the kind of indie, character-driven piece that can fly below the radar in these crowded movie season. For Walken it's a role he rarely plays -- the benevolent father figure to a string quartet.
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